X-Secure: Protecting users from big bad wolves
Conference paper
Binnie, R., McLean, C., Seeam, A. and Bellekens, X. 2016. X-Secure: Protecting users from big bad wolves. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Innovative Business Practices for the Transformation of Societies (EmergiTech). Balaclava, Mauritius 03 - 06 Aug 2016 IEEE. pp. 158-161 https://doi.org/10.1109/EmergiTech.2016.7737330
Type | Conference paper |
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Title | X-Secure: Protecting users from big bad wolves |
Authors | Binnie, R., McLean, C., Seeam, A. and Bellekens, X. |
Abstract | In 2014 over 70% of people in Great Britain accessed the Internet every day. This resource is an optimal vector for malicious attackers to penetrate home computers and as such compromised pages have been increasing in both number and complexity. This paper presents X-Secure, a novel browser plug-in designed to present and raise the awareness of inexperienced users by analysing web-pages before malicious scripts are executed by the host computer. X-Secure was able to detect over 90% of the tested attacks and provides a danger level based on cumulative analysis of the source code, the URL, and the remote server, by using a set of heuristics, hence increasing the situational awareness of users browsing the internet. |
Keywords | Uniform resource locators, Browsers, Servers, Web pages, Databases, Security, Conferences |
Sustainable Development Goals | 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure |
Middlesex University Theme | Creativity, Culture & Enterprise |
Conference | 2016 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Innovative Business Practices for the Transformation of Societies (EmergiTech) |
Page range | 158-161 |
Proceedings Title | 2016 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Innovative Business Practices for the Transformation of Societies (EmergiTech) |
ISBN | |
Electronic | 9781509007066 |
Paperback | 9781509007073 |
Publisher | IEEE |
Publication dates | |
06 Aug 2016 | |
Online | 10 Nov 2016 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 29 Sep 2022 |
Accepted | 01 Jul 2016 |
Output status | Published |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1109/EmergiTech.2016.7737330 |
Language | English |
Book title | 2016 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Innovative Business Practices for the Transformation of Societies (EmergiTech) |
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